Coming to a WordCamp Near You

September 16, 2011

Jane Wells

Every now and then I like to remind people about upcoming WordCamps. WordCamps are locally-organized, casual conferences held all over the world that focus on WordPress. Bloggers, developers, and every other kind of WordPress fan get together to show off cool things they’ve done with WordPress, teach and learn from each other, meet new co-conspirators, and generally have a crazy fun day or weekend with other people who share their love of WordPress. Often, members of the WordPress.com team from Automattic are in attendance, and would love to meet more of you!

There are WordCamps this weekend in Albuquerque and Portland, so if you’re anywhere near these cities, you should try to attend (we’ll be there!). In Portland, the WordPress Foundation also will be sponsoring some special activities around Software Freedom Day (I’ll be at this one, testing and giving a sneak peek to attendees of some new features in the works).

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If you look at the bottom of the post, there’s one in the works, but they are still looking for a venue to choose a date. If you’d like to get involved and possibly join the organizing team, email support at wordcamp dot org and Andrea (WordCamp Central coordinator) can make some introductions.

As a relatively new blogger, I can’t even imagine the tips and tricks I’d pick up at one of these events. Please please PLEASE make Sacramento happen — just a 2-hour drive over the Sierras, and I’m THERE! 😉

Will the WordPress blog be the only way to find updates on these events — or is there another source?

Aloha from Maui! Wouldn’t it be fun to have a Word Camp in Maui? Believe it or not, you can get work done here…..just wake up a bit earlier, enjoy a surf session, shower and then Camp Out! Let me know if I can help organize WordCamp Mau. You’ll get lots of interests I’m sure. Gotta go, I have a date with Sea Turtles at Napili Bay…..a hui hou, malama pono (until then, take care).

The locations of WordCamps are dependent on where people volunteer to organize them. If you want to see one in a provincial city near you, consider getting a WordPress meetup group together, and then get in touch with WordCamp Central to inquire about organizing a WordCamp. http://plan.wordcamp.org

I live in Oneonta, New York and post my blog from here. Of course I understand that it’s in an urban network where the excitement lies; still, I think that I could use some communication with others who might be in the same sort of situation. Luckily, I do have an MIT connection, otherwise I’m sure no one but my best friend would read this. Dorothy Bloom

WordCamp Gold Coast did look pretty nice! I searched Google and I found a recent comment from someone who said they are interested in setting up a WordPress Meetup in the Phillippines. Try searching for WordPress Meetup information and you’ll find it.

Shame on WordPress…..I mean it in a loving way…………..Oregon people need time to plan a trip to Portland. It’s 5 hr. from me……..I got the email on Sept 16 about the Portland seminar on the 17th and 18th. Sigh!!!!
PLEASE, give better notification.

This WordCamp sounds Awesome! I just wish that you had one in South Carolina, I just moved from Louisville, KY 2 years ago and you have one there. Hopefully there will be one her in sunny SC soon! I love blogging what’s important to me that helps and supports others!

There will be the event in Italy? 😦 we are still lagging behind here .. I would be very interested in an exchange, have recently entered into wordpress but I am really happy to be there, these are very beautiful blog!

I’ve noticed this on LinkedIn too: the Brits, Indians, Chinese, South Africans, Germans, Mexicans or whatever do not assume everyone else on a worldwide group knows what their local terminology means or where their local town is, unless, say, it’s London (England) or Cairo (Egypt). Many of the Americans, though, assume everyone knows where, say, Athens GA is. To me, for example, Portland is a peninsula on the Dorset coast!

In all Africa there only one workshop being organized in Kenya. I am really surprised. This part of the world is among those mostly in need of this kind of activities because better informed citizens will more effectively advocate for a better governance.

I was discussing the chance of having some WP Camp events in some cities in Colombia where I currently work. Are there any guidelines and help for this?. I think WP has not going hard enough on its gas pedal, requiring more community work around the world. WP, a fine instrument, need to be shown and experienced… that´s what I see for the places I´d worked in latam.

It remembers me a recent phrase by Ed Everett (ex -Redwood City city mgr) “If you build community, you can build almost anything”… lets build a stronger WP… dont you agree?

Any chance you could bring a WordCamp to Orlando in late October 2011? Please please please????!!!! Thank you for being such a supportive company. So many people love WordPress and I want to switch over completely to my WordPress account.